Corselet



Nov. s, 1938. D w ADAIR 2,135,931

CORSELET Filed June 18, 1957 INVENTOR. D f/yy W- Ida/r;

I BY

' ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to corselets and more particularly to a shortcorselet designed to be worn over any type of girdle. It has for itsmain object to control the bulging of the flesh so often caused bygirdles which is commonly known in the trade as a spare tire. Anotherobject is to provide a corselet which may be worn with complete comfort,which will overcome the constrained feeling generally experienced inmost one piece garments, and which will give the wearer a correctposture.

A still further object is that this corselet is so designed that itadjusts itself to every motion of the wearer and still retains itsposition. Additional features are that it provides a corselet of neatappearance; it is easy to put on and to remove; it may be readilyadjusted to accommodate the wearer; and can be manufactured and sold ata comparatively low cost.

These and various other features and advantages will be readilyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which, however,certain modifications might be made without departing from the scope ofthe appended claim. In the drawing,

Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the corselet laid out with the frontand rear part flat against each other;

Fig. 2 shows a side view similarly laid out flat;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 shows a front View of the manner in which the corselet is worn;and

Fig. 5 shows a similar side and rear view.

Referring now to all the views simultaneously, the corselet consists ofa front part A and a rear part B, which are firmly secured together at Iand II, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. The front part consists of anarrower non-elastic panel 12, the garment being of such a width at thefront as to extend from the waist to the diaphragm, preferably made ofbrocade or any other suitable material, and of two elastic panels [3 andI4, shortened at the front to the width of the elastic panel I2.Adjacent to these elastic panels, non-elastic members l and I6 aresecured, and the outer edges of these members are provided with aplurality of eyelets and I8 in which laces l9 and 20 are inserted. Thefront and rear part of the corselet is shaped as plainly shown in Fig.1, so that both parts taper toward the top edge. The front part ispreferably arcuated, as shown at 2|.

As shown in Fig. 3, the upper edges of the elastic panels are preferablydoubled over two or more times, as shown at 22, so as to make the panelsless elastic at their upper edges. Stiffening members 23 and 24 arepreferably inserted in the members '15 and [6, adjacent to the eyelets.The rear part of the corselet is also provided with a central panel 25,made of nonelastic material, and with two elastic panels 26 and 21,terminating in non-elastic members 28 and 29.

In putting on the corselet, the corselet is preferably slipped over thehead and after being placed in the position clearly indicated in Figs. 4and 5, the laces on opposite sides are drawn as tight as required.Inasmuch as the upper part of this corselet extends above the part inwhich the bulge or flesh is normally formed, it will be seen that thisbulge is smoothened out by the action of the corselet; its action beingsuch that it will give much more freely at or towards the lower edgethan at the upper edge, where it is reinforced by the doubled-up seam.Thus, the flesh which has been displaced is smoothened out by thecorselet.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this corselet is of simpleconstruction, easy to apply, that it may be adjusted to completelyconform to the shape of the person using it, and that stiffening members23 and 24 cause the openlugs 30 between the front and rear parts to belaced together evenly.

Having described the invention and its objects, what I claim as new andwish to protect by Letters Patent is:-

A corselet of the slip-on type comprising a garment having a narrowerpart for overlying the front of the body below the midriif to restrain aprotruding stomach and having wedgeshaped slits formed on opposite sidesat each side, the points of said slits terminating a short distance fromthe bottom edge of the garment, elastic members inserted in the garmentadjacent to said slits, eyelets inserted in the edges of the slits fromthe top nearly to the bottom of the garment, laces inserted in saideyelets for drawing the slits together so that the tension around theupper edge of the garment will be greater than around the lower edgewhen worn by the user, the elastic members doubled over and madenarrower at the top edge than at the bottom edge so as to still furtherincrease the tension on the top edge, the elastic members adjacent thefront part being shortened adjacent the front part to lessen the tensionand to prevent binding of the lower edge on the front part of thestomach, and stiffening members inserted behind each row of eyelets tocause the slits to be drawn together evenly, the garment being of such awidth at the front as to extend from the waist to the diaphragm.

DOROTHY W. ADAIR.

